John You might have the results of an old crash hanging around. If your table is called BERT look for BERT.TIN, BERT.TDA and BERT.TMA files in the same subdir as the TAB - they are the stored edit transactions on your table. Until they are gone MapInfo thinks someone else is editing the file and gives you 'read-only' access. You can safely delete them, especially if they are days or months old.
MapInfo is not a DBMS and doesn't always clean up after itself after falling over - you will probably also find your TEMP subdirectory has ~MAP001.TMP, ~MAP002.TMP etc files. These are references to old queries and can really pile up. They can also be safely deleted. If you have an MBX then give yourself a standard exit handler routine that closes any open Queryn tables and saves any edits. It won't catch every crash but its a good standard thing to include in your project. If you can't delete the files you should check TaskManager to see if you have a 'ghost' mapinfow.exe running - close it then you will be OK. This last thing won't usually happen if you're working with ordinary MI Pro but its a problem for us when we're running MapInfo from another process eg VB. HTH Paul Crisp Syntegra Innovation Place Delta Bank Road Newcastle NE11 9DJ Tel 0191 461 4522 Fax 0191 460 1987 -----Original Message----- From: Shewbridge, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 December 2002 10:52 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: MI-L MapInfo Table Read Only Error MapInfo is declaring tables to be read only when in fact they are not. The only solution I have found is to 'save as' to a different folder, close the existing table then open the saved version. Does anyone know a simpler solution? John Shewbridge Dorset Police [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** E-mail Disclaimer Internet e-mail is not to be regarded as a secure means of communication. Dorset Police monitors all Internet e-mail activity and content. This communication and any files transmitted with it is intended for the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may be confidential, legally privileged and protected in law. Unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or distribution is prohibited. Please notify the sender if received in error. Opinions expressed in this communication may not be official policy. Thank you for your co-operation. (c) Dorset Police. Virus Disclaimer Dorset Police takes all reasonable steps to ensure electronic communications are protected from virus infection but cannot accept any liability for any loss or damage sustained as a result of software viruses. Intended recipients are responsible for carrying out virus checking as is necessary before opening any attachments. ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 4362 ******************************************************************** This email may contain information which is privileged or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, please notify the sender immediately and delete it without reading, copying, storing, forwarding or disclosing its contents to any other person Thank you Check us out at http://www.syntegra.com ********************************************************************
